Q&A: The Impact of To Err is Human at 20

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

November 29 marks the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human, which flipped conventional ideas about medical errors and prevention on their head and started the modern patient safety movement

Indiana Hospital: Sterilization Issue Put 1,200 Patients at Risk of Infection

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

Patients who underwent surgery at Goshen (Indiana) Hospital between April 1 and September 30 may have been exposed to dangerous diseases after a breakdown in the facility’s surgical instrument sterilization process.

Thank you for being round pegs in a square world…

Source: Mac's Safety Space

As this is a somewhat shortened week (in complete recognition that safety never takes a holiday), I just wanted to briefly touch base to thank you all for hanging out (and hanging through) the various twists and turns of the last decade or so.

HLSC Decade review: 2010--2019

For this December edition, we asked Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, and Paul Dzurinda, CFPS, CHSP, director of life safety and quality at RPA, and Alex Zivnuska, PE, CHFM, project manager at Code Consultants to take a look back at 2010 through 2019 and talk about what’s in store for life safety and hospital safety in the next 10 years.

Info exchange helps guide preparation for taxing patient surges

In today’s environment of mass shootings and other mass casualty incidents (MCI), hospitals need to be prepared to deal with a surge of patients at a moment’s notice.

Tips on managing shared facilities: Don't air your dirty laundry

Pests commonly seek places of warmth, with food, moisture, and shelter—and shared laundry facilities offer each of these draws. Because of this, pest management professionals are taking note and encouraging facility managers and staff to do the same.

The 12 days of Christmas: Gifts we'd like to give healthcare this year

After writing about stories and trends in the healthcare field for the last 12 months, we’ve thought of some gifts we’d like to bestow upon the busy healthcare clinic workers in the country—if we had the power to do so.

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Restraint and Seclusion: Training Staff on Close Observation Precautions for At-Risk Patients

Presented on: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. EST

Presented by: Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC

Special precautions are used when patients are at risk of self-harm, especially in settings that do not otherwise have safe spaces available. This training program will provide information for supervisors and staff observers about restraint and seclusion, ensuring they can meet both the needs of patients and the myriad of rules and regulations, all while keeping staff safe.

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Brian Ward
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